Reading Room Document

Federal Salary Act of 1967

The document is a response to a request for an analysis of the Federal Salary Act of 1967, specifically regarding the President's power to invoke the Act to propose a pay increase. The conclusion reached is that the President does not have the power to do so. The document also presents questions about the appointment and terms of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries, as well as the timing of the President's recommendations and the potential for resubmitting recommendations in 1975. It also discusses the President's submission of legislation to raise the Executive pay schedule.

July 5, 1974